As I'm sure some of you have noticed over the past couple days the summary for this story has changed a few times. That is because when I started writing this story, it was only going to be a brief story about Seth and Hope but as the story developed, it became more than that and has since evolved into a more interesting story. These changes will not impact previous chapters in any way but the direction of the story has since shifted as mentioned in the previous chapter.

I am also going to limit using Seth's POV.

Please enjoy and keep reading.

HopePOV

It's interesting how when you have no reason to keep track of the days, how they blur and start to become nothing but meaningless words. Recently the red eyes have gotten tired with us sitting around doing nothing and have since started daily lessons after treatments. It became a weird routine; wake up, eat breakfast, treatment, lunch, lessons, supper and bed. That's how it's been for a few days.

Over the past few days, I've noticed significant changes within myself. My senses have accelerated quite a bit. If I listen hard enough, I can hear the heartbeats my classmates. My vision and sense of smell have also picked up at a scary rate. I don't know what happened but when I woke up yesterday morning, my vision was so crisp and sharp that everything I looked at seemed more fascinating. I had recently taken to staring at things with disbelief at the small details I had never noticed before.

I've noticed Beth and Sheila doing the same thing. I wondered if the boys were experiencing this or not.

We had recently finished our lessons and our supper, so now I was taking a shower, reflecting upon the day as I stared at water droplets trailing down the shower curtain. Once I stepped out of the shower, I put on the new clothes we were given today. A pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt. This week they had given us a few gray outfits. I went to my room and laid down in bed.

I began thinking about Seth and his place. I thought about how I had been appearing there and wondering if there was a way I could do it again. I closed my eyes and began think about Seth. I visualized him in my mind and sure enough, the familiar sensation of being lifted from my body returned and I was standing again.

I'm pretty sure I was in the same house but I was standing in a kitchen this time. Seth and Leah were sitting at the table with Leah and the bronze haired boy I'd seen last time.

"Hello?" I called out, causing everyone to turn around and look at me. This time, no one seemed surprise to me this time.

"Hope, are you okay?" he asked, his voice sounded worried. It was almost as though he was concerned about what was happening to me. I could almost convince myself that he cared about me somehow.

"I'm fine, I think..." I said, no longer sure how to answer that question when I wasn't even sure what was being pumped into my veins on a daily bases. All I could tell was I was still alive and for the moment, that was going to have to be enough.

"Edward, her eyes," Leah whispered to the bronze haired boy, pointing to me with an oddly confused expression.

Edward stared at my eyes and his expression changed for a second but he quickly hid it. What was going on with my eyes? They didn't feel funny to me. Maybe they were bloodshot from all the crying I had been doing during my treatments. It was one of the reasons I had stopped looking in the mirror. That and it didn't really matter how I looked, it wasn't like I could go anywhere.

"You don't know?" Edward asked, as though he could hear my thoughts. I shook my head and frowned. Clearly whatever it was it was obvious but considering I don't really bother looking in the mirror ever any more, I wouldn't even notice if they dyed my hair while I was sleeping.

"What are they doing to you?" Seth asked, frowning as if he'd just noticed my eyes.

"I don't know, they give us these treatments, they hurt like hell. We get them once a day," I said, frowning at the memory.

Seth's expression became hard to read. He looked like he had been punched in the gut. I almost thought for a moment that he was starting to tremble.

"Treatments?" Edward asked, running his hands through his hair. His expression had also become unreadable in a different way.

"Yes, its an IV they give us," I said.

"The six of you?" Seth asked.

"Six? There's only ever been five of us. Where did you get six from?" I asked, confused.

"But five students and a teacher disappeared," Seth pointed.

I frowned. "Do you mean the gym teacher?" I asked, frowning. "Because he disappeared before those red-eyed people took us."

Leah and Edward frowned, as though they had just been given really bad news. Seth looked mad but like he was trying to contain it.

"Do you have any idea where you're being held?" he asked, frowning.

"I don't have any clue. They drove for a couple hours and we're in some type of lab. But we were blindfolded for the journey. However, I think we spent some time on a dirt road because the ride was bumpy for the last half hour of the ride," I explained.

"And they haven't tried to feed off of any of you? I'm surprised that they haven't drained all of your blood yet," Leah said frowning.

I opened my mouth to ask what that was supposed to mean but before I knew it, the pull was back and I was gone.

This time when I opened my eyes and sat up in bed, my mind began running on overdrive. And before I knew it a single word popped into my head. A word that both terrified that crap out of me and made more sense than anything I'd been telling myself over the past month and a half.

Vampire!

Oh boy, here we go! She's figuring it out. What will happen next? The truth is beginning to come to her.